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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEF SAUER, OF I-IEDDESDORF, GERMANY.

WATERING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,187, dated December 29, 1891.

Application filed December 30,1890. Serial No. 376,273. (No model.) Patented in Germany June 4, 1890, No. 52,740; in Belgium November 13,1890, No. 92,697, and in England November 17, 1890, No. 18,494.

To aZZ whom t may concern.-

Be itknown that I, JOSEF SAUER, of Heddesdorf, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watering Apparatus, for which I have obtained a patent in-Germany dated June 4, 1890, No. 52,7 40; in Great Britain, No. 18,494, dated November 17, 1890, and in Belgium, No. 92,697, dated November 13, 1890,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

- This invention has for its obj ect to provide a new and improved apparatus for watering gardens, orchards, fields, and other places; and it consists in the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wateringmachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of part of the machine on the line so x, Fig. 1. In this View onlyone-half of the watering-m achine is shown-namely, the head end of it with the roller for tubing. Figs. 3 and 4 show as details in front elevation and cross-section the connection and joint of beam 2, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the apparatus with parts left outfor clearness. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the cross-beam 2 and its wire connections, Figs. 5 and 6 are Apartly shifted out of position where the line a b intersects the upper parts, being a continuation of the figures. Fig. 7 is a side elevation, and Fig. 8 a plan, of the forward-moving or propelling appliance of machine.

1 In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring' to the drawings, wherein The letter R indicates a rubber or other hose carried by a reel or drum R, mounted on a hollow axle 7e. One extremity vof the hose R is connected with one end of the hollow axle by a swivel or ball joint G', and the other end of such axle is attached to a c urved tube 5, which connects with a horizontal axially rotatable water-distributing pipe A through the medium of a swivel or balljoint G.

The wheeled frame of the apparatus comprises side frames 1, which connect with the extremities of a horizontal beam 2 by means of screws 3 or other suitable fastening devices. The framing runs on four wheels, which are each carried in forks, the perpendicular shafts or connections o of which go loosely through the bottom bar of the side frames 1 T, so that the wheels can be turned round by means of the handles o and the whole apparatus be thus driven in any desired direction. Over the beam 2 isiitted the water-distributing pipe A, which is turnable on its axis. The end of the pipe A is by means of the swivel or ball joint G, rubber tube 5, and with swivel or ball joint G', connected with the hose-carrying reel or drum R, whose hollow axle or trunnion 7e rests in a bearing which may be fixed on the beam 1, (shown dotted at Fig. 1,) fastened on both side frames 1 T of the framing. The water-pipe A, which has at certain distances in its length discharge or efflux tubes or cups B, is carried in bearings and can be turned around its horizontal axis by means of the handle 6. Itis clamped in position by a clamping-screw o. At the joint in the center of the beam 2 both parts are sur' rounded by a ferrule or shell 7 and fitted with aconnection-holder. (See Fig. 3.) This holder consists of the bent pillow-bar 8, the cap 8c and the support 8, which latter is at its upper end screwed into the part 8, and at the lower end is inserted through a hole in the tie-arched bar 8b, which connects the bars 8 and 8f. The connection-holder is held in position by an arrangement of wires, the wires 9 9b 10 10b being led through the holes 8d in the pillow-bar 8, while the wires 9n are united by means of the link 9c (see Fig. 4 and also small plan View of link) on the lower end of the support Sb The connecting-wires 10 10b are at the points 10c of the beam 2, and the connecting-wires 9 9b at the points 9d of it fastened to rings or holders 4 in any suitable way. The wire 91 is at each end connected by a hook lO to the supports or struts l0 of the framing. The water-pipe A is supported by a bracket l1, (see Fig. 3,) which is iitted on the cap 8C. The hose or tube unrolled from the reel R is led into a cylindrical shell or tube R', fitted at lC to the bottom of the side frame l. The reel or drum R may bc arranged at the right-hand side of the framing, if so desired, just' as well as on the left, so that by means of a tube connection 5 the machine may be supplied with water on either side. The end of the water-pipe lying opposite the reel or drum R is closed up.

The discharge or efflux tubes or cups l5 of the water-pipe A (see Figs. 12 and 13) consist each of a tube B', having screwthreaded extremities, one of which is screwed into a screwsocket in the water-distributing' pipe A and the other into the small end of a cup B, the space or chamber in which is conical or diverges outwardly from the tube B. To one of the side walls of the cup B is bolted orotherwise attached an inclined spray-plate F, which acts to deflect the water laterally in a thin sheet.

The apparatus which has on the right-han d side of its framing the hose or tube R, has on the other side the removable apparatus, Figs. 7 and 8, for moving it forward.

The moving a Jliance is constructed as follows: On both ends of the cross-beam 2 and on a right angle with it is iitted a spindle i", which carries at each end a wheel r. At each end s of the beam (see Figs. 5 and 8) is fitted a movable lever s, which lever carries two links o o. The wires t t join the levers ss on the ends of the beam 2. On the pulleys r r run chains or equivalents Z Z, which are connected with the lever 7c of the propelling appliance proper. The lever 7c is, when the reel or drum R is on the side frame l, fulcrumed on the end of the axle k', iitted to the beam l of the side frame T. (See Fig. 5.) The lever is arranged to be removable, so that it can be put on either the side frame l or T, according as to whether the reel or drum R is at the one side or the other. iVhen the reel or drum is at one side, the lever 7V' and appurtenances is preferably fitted on the opposite side. The lever 7c has the moving bars or legsm m pinned to it. The legs m m take (when out of action) an inclination to the ground, as shown. On the levers 8 may be slipped pieces of metal tubing u for the purpose of lengthening them and thus giving greater leverage.

The mode ot operating t-he apparatus is as follows: Tater is conducted from a hydrant or other suitable source by the tube R to the roll ot' hose R on the reel or drum R, and from thence through the ball-joint G', hollow axle ortrunnions 7i', and connecting-tube 5 by ball-joint G into the water-pipe A, from whence it passes out through the efflux tubes or cups B in a broad stream over the land to be watered. To regulate this stream (which depends on the pressure of the water)the lever or handle G is used, by mea-ns of which the water-pipe A is turned round into a position to give the water an upward or downward direct-ion. iVhen turned round into proper position, the pipe is 'fixed by means of the clamping-screw a. (See Fig. 2.) Should it be desired to move the apparatus to another place, use the lever s, swinging it sidewise in a horizontal direction. At the movement of the lever s to the right, the chain Zgoing over the pulley yr draws up one end of the lever k, turning on the fulcrum 7c', and lifts up the leg m, which latterisin consequence brought from an inclined position to a more perpendicular one. Il the levers is now swung in the opposite direction, then the other arm of the lever 7.-, with its leg m' is lifted up. This causes the watering machine to move forward, inasmuch as the leg m, supporting itself on and pushing against the ground, moves forward the lever 7e, and in consequence also the framing. 1With this arrangement it becomes possible for only one person to move the machine.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. The combination, in a watering apparatus, of a wheeled frame, a pillow-bar 8, having a vertical support 8, an arched bar 8b, engaged with the support and attached to the pillow-bar, a horizontal beam 2, engaged with the wheeled frame and supported by the pillow-bar, an axially-rotatable water-distributing pipe A, extending and supported parallel with the beam and having a series of waterdistributing cups B, and means for supplying water to the distributing-pipe, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a watering apparatus, of a wheeled frame, a pillow-har S, having a vertical support 8, a bar 8b, engaging the support and connected with the pillowbar, a horizontal beam 2, engaged with the wheeled frame and supported by the pillowbar, an axially-rotatable water-distributing pipe A, supported parallel with the beam and having a series ot water-distributing cups B, a hollow reel-axle vcarried by the wheeled frame, a reel mounted on the axle and provided with hose connected with such axle,

and a tube connecting the axle with the waterdistributing pipe, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a watering-machine, of a wheeled frame, a pillow-bar 8, having a cap S and a support 8, a ferrule or shell 7, extending through the pillow-bar, a beam 2, extending through the ferrule or shell, an axially-rotatable water-distributing pipe A, su pported parallel with the beam and having a series of water-distributing cups B, and means for supplying water to the distributing-pipe, substantially as described.

4. The combination,in a watering-machine, of a wheeled frame, a lever fulcrumed to the IOO frame and having walking-legs m m', the In Witness whereof Iheieunto set my hand pindles 1", provided with pulleys a", the chains in presence of two witnesses.

, passing over the pulleys and connected with the ends of the lever, and the lever s for JOSEF SAUER' operating the chains to oscillate the levers Witnesses:

and impart a Walking motion to the Walking- GUSTAVE OELRIOHs,

legs, substantially as described. l WILLIAM D. WAMER. 

